NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.

IRISH

Joe Sheppard from the Royal Millitary Police Association who retired after 30 years service getting emotional remembering in St.Patricks Cathedral during the service which honours those killed in World War I and II and later conflicts. Maxpix / Julien Behal Maxpix / Julien Behal / Julien Behal

• A man was arrested after a woman was abducted in Longford
• Fine Gael got a bump in the polls
• Irish Water says it has no plans to re-brand
• The Siteserv inquiry was reported to be in trouble
• Sinn Féin members were criticised over hare coursing
• An off-duty garda tackled a robber at a Dublin pharmacy
• Two men were arrested after a robbery at a filling station in Donegal

INTERNATIONAL

Poppies are projected onto the Elizabeth Tower which houses Big Ben, the Palace of Westminster in London, in tribute to members of the armed forces who have died in major conflicts. Jonathan Brady Jonathan Brady

#EGYPT: A noise heard in the last seconds of cockpit voice recording from the Russian plane that crashed last week in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula was likely a bomb.

#BREXIT: Britain prepared to outline its demands on EU reform if it is to stay in the union.

#BANGLADESH: Four men have been sentenced to death over the brutal killing of a 13-year-old boy that provoked national outrage after video footage of the attack went viral.

INNOVATION

• What do Apple’s code names mean?
• This plane could change space exploration

PARTING SHOT

It’s not just gender parity that has Canadians excited about their new cabinet.

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